Special Use Permit No. PSP 24-058
Summary
SCH Number
2025060622
Public Agency
Tulare County
Document Title
Special Use Permit No. PSP 24-058
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/13/2025
Document Description
The Applicant, Simplot Grower Solutions, is requesting to amend Special Use Permit No. PSP 91-054 and allow the expansion of an existing fertilizer and agricultural chemical storage facility by adding four (4), 29-500-gallon, mineral oil tanks, located in the M-1 (Light Manufacturing) Zone. Currently, Simplot's existing tank farm is operating at capacity, and as a result, they are transporting approximately 25 to 50 truckloads per year of excess mineral oil to Reedley, California, where it is temporarily stored and then transported back to the Facility for processing. Therefore, to minimize the need to transport excess mineral oils to their more distant Reedley facility, Simplot is proposing to relocate four tanks to their Traver property and install/operate them in an approximately 1.15-acre area of the existing facility. The Applicant and anyone utilizing their services are the beneficiaries of this project.
Contact Information
Name
Jose Saenz
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Project Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Simplot Grower Solutions
Agency Name
Project applicant
Job Title
Project applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Name
Gary Mills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Chief Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jessica Wills
Agency Name
County of Tulare, Resource Management Agency
Job Title
Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
unincorporated area, Kingsburg
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Unincorporated
Parcel #
040-020-034
Township
17S
Range
23E
Section
16
Other Location Info
6624 Burke Drive, Kingsburg, CA 93631
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Class 32 Section 15332 In-Fill Development Projects
Reasons for Exemption
This action is consistent with Section 15332 Class 32, In-Fill Development Projects. The 2,500 squarefoot project site, on which the Applicant is proposing to expand the facility's existing tank farm area, within the Traver Urban Development Boundary, with a land use designation of Light Industrial per the Tulare County General Plan, and is zoned M-1 (Light Manufacturing). The proposed project is an acceptable land use per these County designations and is consistent with the existing industrial nature of the parcel and the surrounding area. The proposed project is entirely within the boundaries of Sim plot's existing active agrichemical facility and would not expand operations beyond this existing boundary. Furthermore, the Project does not require changes to the County's existing General Plan or Zoning designations, nor would the project conflict with any land use designations or land use plans in order to mitigate an environmental effect.
County Clerk
Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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